Ishaq al-Mawsili

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Ishaq al-Mawsili (Arabic: إسحاق الموصلي‎) or Ishaq Mawsili (Persian: اسحاق موصلی‎) (born 772 in Rey, Iran - died 850 in Baghdad, Iraq) was a Persian[1][2][3] musician of the Abbasid court at the time of Harun al-Rashid. He was born into family of musicians from Kufa in Iraq;[3] his father Ibrahim al-Mawsili held the same position before him.[1][3]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Isḥāq al-Mawṣilī." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Web. 23 Sep. 2011. [1]. "Among the finest artists of the period were Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī and his son Isḥāq. Members of a noble Persian family, they were chief court musicians and close companions of the caliphs Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-Maʾmūn."
  2. ^ Fatima Mernissi, "The Forgotten Queens of Islam ", University of Minnesota Press, 1997 pg 55: "Ibrahim al-Mawsili and his son were of Persian origin."[2]
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936 pg 439:"IBRAHIM AL-MAW§ILI, IBRAHIM B. MA- HAN B. BAHMAN, also known as al-Nadlm al- Mawsili, one of the most celebrated musicians of Arab history, a man of Persian origin, was born at Kufa in 125 (742) and died at Baghdad in 188 (804). " [3]


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